AI BENCHMARK PROFILE
PAWBench
Evaluates video generators as stochastic samplers of world dynamics across 50 scenarios, comparing the distribution of possible behaviors under identical initial observations and actions.
- Released
- 2026-08-27
- Readiness
- Paper only
- Primary field
- General AI
Why it matters
Current evaluations assess single-video plausibility, missing whether models recover the correct distribution of physical behavior, a requirement for reliable world modeling.
Motivation
Recent video generation models are increasingly framed as world models.
Primary resources
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